Hebrews 10:27

"For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,"

Key Reflection

If one deliberately sins after comprehending the truth, there is no longer any atoning sacrifice to cover that sin, highlighting the gravity of willful rebellion against God's mercy and the necessity of genuine repentance. This verse underscores the permanence of the consequences for those who reject forgiveness despite understanding its availability.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 27. But a certain fearful looking for of judgment. The word "certain" here does not mean fixed, sure, inevitable, as our translation would seem to imply. The Greek is the same as "a tiv fearful expectation," etc. So it is rendered by Tindall. The idea is, that if there was voluntary apostasy after having embraced the Christian religion, there could be nothing but an expectation of the judgment to come. There could be no other hope but that through the gospel, and as this would have been renounced, it would follow that the soul must perish.

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